Perimeter Multiplayer Demo

Perimeter Multiplayer Demo

This is the multiplayer demo for perimeter, a ground breaking real-time strategy game which brings a range of fresh ideas to the RTS genre. Use strategic Terraforming to acquire resources, project a impenetrable perimeter force shield to protect from attack and marshal your forces though manipulation of nano-technology.

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PERIMETER MULTIPLAYER PUBLIC DEMO MAY 2004

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Copyright (c) by K-D LAB, 1C Company, Codemasters

Published by Codemasters

Licensed by 1C Company

Developed by K-D LAB

I. INSTALLING THE GAME

II. RUNNING THE GAME

III. CONTROLS

IV. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

V. KNOWN ISSUES

I. INSTALLING THE DEMO:

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Run the file PerimeterMPDemo.exe. The installer should run automatically.

You will be asked to choose your installation language (English or German).

You will then be asked to enter the directory you wish to install the game to.

After this the game will install to the chosen directory.

II. RUNNING THE GAME:

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After you install "Perimeter - Multiplayer Demo" you can start the game from

the Start menu by going to: Start Menu -> Programs -> PERIMETER Demo -> Play

Perimeter Demo.

III. CONTROLS:

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ACTION KEYBOARD MOUSE

Select building Left-click

Select squad F1-F5 Left-click

Scroll map Arrow Keys Move to edge of screen

Rotate view Home/End/Del/PgDn Click mouse wheel

Zoom in/out Keypad +/- Mouse wheel up/down

Queue 10 Soldiers Z

Queue 10 Officers X

Queue 10 Technicians C

Upgrade lab Select structure + U

Sell structure Select structure + #

IV. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:

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(i) Minimum Specification

(ii) Recommended Specification

(iii) Supported Graphics Cards

(i) MINIMUM SPECIFICATION (Required to play game)

Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP

DirectX 9.0b

Athlon / Pentium III at 1Ghz

256 Mb RAM

Supported Graphics Card with 64Mb RAM

DirectX 9.0b Compatible Sound Card

950Mb Hard Drive Space (450Mb for game, 500Mb free after installation)

(ii) RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATION (To play game at optimal settings)

Windows XP

DirectX 9.0b

Athlon XP 2000+ or above / Pentium 4 2Ghz or above

512Mb RAM

Graphics Card: ATi Radeon 9500 and above, nVidia GeForce 4 (not MX) and above

DirectX 9.0b Compatible Sound Card

950Mb Hard Drive Space (450Mb for game, 500Mb free after installation)

(iii) SUPPORTED GRAPHICS CARDS

ATi Radeon 7200, 7500, 8500, 9100, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800

nVidia nForce, nForce2, GeForce2, GeForce3, GeForce4, GeForceFX

Please note that Perimeter is not compatible with all integrated sound/graphics

solutions, including laptops.

V. KNOWN ISSUES:

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If you are unsure about the specification of your computer, try running

"DXDIAG" to display useful information about your computer. To do this, follow

these steps:

In Windows go to START > RUN

Type "dxdiag" (without quotes) and press ENTER/RETURN

1) If you notice that your game is running slowly, try changing the settings in

the configuration program. To run the configuration program go to Start Menu >

Programs > Perimeter > Configure Options. Under the graphics option try

choosing one of the presets, 'Fast' should provide the best performance.

2) Should you experience graphical problems and are using a supported graphics

card (see list above), ensure you have installed the latest drivers for the

card, which you can download from the manufacturer's website.

ATi - http://www.ati.com

nVidia - http://www.nvidia.com

3) There is a known issue with the latest nVidia drivers (version 56.72) which

can cause graphical corruption when the graphical settings are repeatedly

changed between the different presets. This can be corrected by ALT+TABing out

of and back into the game.

4) Radeon 8500LE - turning on 'Occlusion' and 'Reflections' graphics options

will cause the first run of a level to be very slow.

SOLUTION: Restart the level and the game will run normally after this point.

5) 1280x960 resolution on 64MB GeForce and Radeon cards causes all in game menu

options to appear white.

SOLUTION: Use a different resolution. Alternatively 'ALT+TAB'ing out of and

back into the game sometimes fixes this.

6) Radeon 7200 causes energy layer graphical error. This is purely graphical

and does not affect the gameplay.

7) Radeon 8500, 8500LE, 9000, 9100 & 9200 - With Bump mapping enabled the in

game menu will appear brighter than normal, also the Frame will appear brighter

on some sides. This is purely graphical and does not affect the gameplay.

8) On Windows2000 and WindowsXP you must be logged on with Administrator

privileges to be able to play the game.

9) If the host of a peer-to-peer game quits the game, occasionally the clients

will lose connection instead of one of the clients taking over as host. If the

host is defeated in the game then one of the clients will automatically become

the host.

10) Clients may have problems attempting to join games hosted from behind a

router.

SOLUTION:

For peer-to-peer open ports:

. 1900 Universal Plug and Play - Simple Service Discovery

Protocol

. 2302-2400 DirectPlay device address default

. 2234 Internet sharing and firewall support for Windows

Millennium Edition (Windows Me) and Windows XP

. 6073 DirectPlay enumerations using DPNSVR

. 47624 Deprecated DirectPlay enumeration

For GameSpy Arcade allow traffic for at least the following ports, along with

any more you may use in your game. Unless specified otherwise, they're TCP:

. 6667 (IRC)

. 80 (HTTP)

. 27900 (Master Server UDP Heartbeat)

. 28900 (Master Server List Request)

. 29900 (GP Connection Manager)

. 29901 (GP Search Manager)

. 13139 (Custom UDP Pings)

. 6500 (incoming, UDP, default roomquery port; can be customised with

roomqueryport=

in svc.cfg)

If you still have problems then we recommend connecting your machine directly

to the internet and not through your router.

Further information:

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http://www.codemasters.com/perimeter

http://games.1c.ru/perimeter

http://www.kdlab.com/perimeter

© 2004 1C Company, K-D LAB Company and The Codemasters Software Company Limited

("Codemasters"). All rights reserved. "Codemasters"® and the Codemasters logo

are registered trademarks owned by Codemasters. "GENIUS AT PLAY"™ is a

trademark of Codemasters. "Perimeter"™ is a trademark of K-D LAB Company. All

other copyrights or trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Developed by K-D LAB Company. Published by Codemasters. Unauthorised copying,

adaptation, rental, lending, re-sale, arcade use, charging for use, broadcast,

cable transmission, public performance, distribution or extraction of this

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